i am legend

Chapter 458

Chapter 458 The old enemy's tiebreaker

On May 107th, when the Mavericks finally defeated the Trail Blazers 95:[-], the second round of the Western Conference has produced three advanced teams!

They are the Warriors who swept the Jazz, the Spurs who defeated the Timberwolves with a record of 3:1, and the third is the Mavericks who won the Trail Blazers 4:2!

"Lenny, is the seventh game between the Lakers and the Kings going to be played tomorrow?" Bruce sat behind his desk and asked Wilkens casually.

"That's right, the match between them is always so exciting!" Wilkens said with a smile, and then said with some playfulness: "I don't know who will enter the second round!"

"Hey, it doesn't matter who they are, they won't meet us unless...they can get past the Mavericks' interception!" Bruce smiled, thinking of the situation of the two teams, his eyes couldn't help showing a trace of anticipation!

With the start of the playoffs, after the Lakers inevitably encountered the Kings, they all felt a little pressure and weirdness!

Last year's Western Conference finals, if the league hadn't deliberately intervened, I'm afraid the Kings would have entered the finals!

However, now they meet again, the Kings vowed to say "we will sweep the Lakers" before the game started!

Now, the two teams are tied 3:3. For the fans, this series is their favorite first round!

Tomorrow, May 5th, will be the final moment for the two teams to compete for victory!

Among the semi-finals in the west, the eastern team also completed the last place to enter the semi-finals today!

Between the Magic and the Pistons, after a 3:3 tie like the Lakers and the Kings, today's last game finally made the Pistons advance!

The other three teams that entered the second round are the Celtics who defeated the Pacers 4:2 to advance, the Nets who defeated the Bucks with the same score, and the 76ers who defeated the Hornets with the same record!

With the final four in the Eastern Conference, all eyes are on the final battle between the Lakers and the Kings!

On May 5th, the last game between the Lakers and the Kings will start at Arco Arena, the home of the Kings!

In the screening room of the Warriors, Barkley and others sat in it early, and some of them even rushed over with popcorn and drinks!

Seeing the posture of these guys watching a movie, Bruce really felt a little dumbfounded!

"Hey, boss, do you want to try it?" Starks passed the popcorn bucket in his hand and said to Bruce with a playful face.

"Boom!"

Bruce picked one at random, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it twice, and then said mischievously: "There is food, how can we lack beer?"

Hearing Bruce's words, the rest cheered and ran to the refrigerator outside the projection room!

Seeing these big guys look like children, even Wilkens, who is over 60 years old, felt the relief and joy in his heart!

When Barkley and others came back with a large glass of beer, the game between the Kings and the Lakers quickly started on the screen!

O'Neal grinned at the indifferent Divac, looked at the rest of the Kings, and said very familiarly, "Verratti, have you ever thought about returning to the Lakers?"

"Hehe, I'm not interested in this topic!" Divac said casually, smiled at O'Neill, and then prepared to jump the ball!

"Oh, damn it, why don't you say yes?" O'Neal said regretfully, and then his expression became serious!

The referee on duty slowly walked to the center line, glanced at the serious faces of the players on both sides, smiled wryly to himself, and then said very seriously: "Everyone is paying attention to this game, I don't want you to be in this crucial game. Any problems in the game, so...gentlemen, I hope you can exercise restraint!"

The referee's words did not affect the players on both sides at all. Their appearance and some small body frictions made people feel a little tight!

Seeing that the two sides were still the same, the referee prayed secretly, and then threw the basketball into the air!

"boom!"

With O'Neill's bounce and Divac's floor flow, the ball was directly caught by Fisher very quickly!

Mike Bibby followed closely behind Fisher, in the previous six games against, he already had some understanding of Fisher's habits!

In the projection room of the Warriors, although these guys felt the tense emotions on both sides, they couldn't help but say regretfully.

"If the Kings' defense could be better, the Lakers would have been eliminated by them long ago!" Starks said with some emotion.

"That's right, Rick's (Adelman) management style and defensive arrangements are a bit too relaxed. He should learn from Lenny!" Barkley said while flattering Will Kens.

Hearing what the two said, other players expressed their views one after another!

As these guys said, if the Kings can invest a lot of experience on the defensive end, judging from the current situation of the Lakers, in the smooth offense of the Kings, the Lakers are obviously not opponents!

If it weren't for the Lakers still having some decent performances on the defensive end, I'm afraid they would have been eliminated by the Kings early on as they said to Barkley and the others!

On the screen, Fisher handed the ball to Kobe on the left, and the classic triangle offense of the Lakers suddenly started!

On the inside, O'Neill carefully entangled with Divac, he was very aware of the opponent's performance at the "Actor" level!

Kobe took the ball and first made tentative contact with Doug Christie's body. In order to reduce the candy-like entanglement with the opponent later, he quickly opened some distance!

"Dude, why don't you try to attack?" Christie opened her arms wide and followed quickly!

"Hehe, can't you bear it anymore?" The mockery in Kobe's eyes flashed, and then his whole body trembled!

Seeing Kobe quickly make some fake moves, in order not to be swayed by the opponent, Christie restrained her center of gravity and the desire to jump up, and then tried her best to cling to the past!

"Don't move?" Kobe felt the defensive pressure Christie put on him. After shaking again, with a huge change of direction, he stepped out with his right foot very quickly, and with the reasonable resistance of his left arm, he flew all the way to Got inside!

"Their relationship is still so bad!" Bruce saw Kobe's actions on the screen, especially when O'Neal had already locked his position. This situation already made him understand the situation of the two of them!

"Snapped!!"

On the court, while Kobe was breaking into the paint, Webb, who quickly intercepted him, directly collided with him!

"boom!!"

With a muffled sound, Kobe didn't get the referee's whistle under Weber's raised hands!

Divac held O'Neal behind him, and the moment the basketball bounced back, he stretched his right arm and grabbed the basketball in his hand!

"If Kobe keeps playing like this, the Lakers may lose to the Kings in this game!" Mark Jackson expressed his opinion with a serious expression, and the rest of the Warriors players expressed their opinion after hearing his remarks. Got my approval!

After that, the Kings followed Divac to get the rebound, and the other four quickly ran forward!

"Whoosh!!"

With Divac's passing skills, fast breaks are basically not a problem for him!

"Snapped!"

Bibby immediately received a pass from Divac. While on the move, after taking a look at the Lakers' defense, Bibby threw the basketball directly to the basket!

"boom!!"

Webber hung on the rim excitedly, and the explosive alley-oop between him and Bibby directly detonated the entire Arco Arena!

After Webber and Bibby completed the dunk, the entire first quarter seemed to be in favor of the Kings. With their outside shooting group, they directly beat the Lakers into chaos!

"drop!!"

A whistle finally sounded, and the Lakers also ended their previous poor performance!

Back off the court, Phil Jackson said something to O'Neill and others with a serious expression, and a trace of anger flashed across his face from time to time, which made people clearly see his anger!

After the second quarter, the Kings' bench lineup gradually began to show off.

Bobby Jackson's super impact, Jim Jackson's all-around skill flashes, coupled with the already budding Hedo Turkoglu, compared to the Lakers' Brian Shaw, Mark Madsen and others , The Kings obviously have a very strong configuration on the bench!

With the outbreak of the Kings' bench, seeing that the point difference between the two teams is about to expand to [-] points, Phil Jackson has no choice but to gradually reassign the main lineup to the field!

"For the Lakers this season, while there are major problems with the main lineup, their supplementation on the bench obviously hasn't improved much!" After Barkley said these words, he subconsciously turned to Jerry ·West look!

As if feeling Barkley's gaze, West, who had already walked out of the entanglement between the Lakers, said with a smile: "Mitch and J Buss still don't know much about the team's situation for the time being, and they should be more concerned about those good free agents. Attack!"

Hearing what West said, the rest of the people couldn't help but secretly looked at him in surprise.

"That's right, I guess the Lakers will make shocking moves this summer!"

Thinking of what happened to the Lakers after the end of this season in his previous life, Bruce frowned and said in a very firm tone.

"Oh??"

Everyone looked at Bruce in surprise, and was very surprised at his very sure statement!

West looked at Bruce with a strange expression. Although he had some analysis on this season before the Lakers, Bruce was not a member of the Lakers after all!

Now, hearing him say that suddenly, West couldn't help but secretly looked at him in shock!

In the Arco Arena, with the return of the main lineup of the Lakers, under the counterattack of Kobe and O'Neal, they finally recovered the 5-point difference between the two sides to within [-] points after the second quarter!

(End of this chapter)